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| Packers Women's Association |
| The Packers Women's Association (PWA) members teamed up with the community to share their time, talents and resources. PWA, which is an arm of the Green Bay Packers organization, is a non-profit organization whose main focus is to support the community through various outreach programs. Membership in the PWA is comprised of players', coaches', and male staff members' significant others, in addition to full-time female Packers employees. |
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| Paul's Pantry Food Drive |
PWA celebrated its twentieth year of collecting food and monetary donations by partnering with Festival Foods. During the annual PWA Food Drive for Paul's Pantry, which was held prior to a Packers home game, over $13,400 and 22,400 non-perishable food items were collected from generous fans. In the week following the game, Festival Foods continued the food drive by collecting non-perishable food items at their stores, as well as donated $6,200 from a special promotional program they implemented in conjunction with the food drive. Several PWA members also spent time one afternoon bagging groceries for Festival Foods shoppers in Green Bay.
In twenty years of conducting the food drive, the PWA has collected nearly 566,400 non-perishable food items and more than $190,000 for Paul's Pantry, a supplementary food distribution program for the needy in the greater Green Bay area.
Along with the food drive held at Lambeau Field, PWA held an in-school food drive competition in which twenty-one area schools participated. Three schools, the top two collectors and a third randomly selected, were rewarded with a visit from Packers players. The students from all schools generously brought in an additional 23,232 pounds of non-perishable food items. |
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| Halftime Show at Lambeau Field |
| PWA members worked with Barb's Centre for Dance to put on a spectacular halftime show for the Green Bay Packers fans during a home game. The dance students, 150 strong, worked for months to perfect their halftime dance routine, which was set to patriotic music as the dancers sported red, white and blue colors in their costumes. |
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| Football 101 |
| Each year, PWA enjoys spending time with female Packers fans from throughout the state as the basics of football are taught during the Packers Football 101 Clinic. The hands-on workshop for women teaches the technical side of the game, while giving participants insight into the NFL and the lives of NFL coaches' and players' families. - More Info |
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| Salvation Army's Adopt-A-Family Program |
| The members of PWA were happy to once again support the Salvation Army's Adopt-A-Family Program. PWA spreads cheer and joy to less fortunate families by fulfilling the families' holiday wish lists. PWA members adopted 23 families, all of whom received gifts and necessities. PWA and Festival Foods also teamed up to provide each family with a complete holiday dinner. Over the years, PWA has adopted well over 250 families for the holidays. |
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| School Mentoring Program |
| PWA volunteered their time to mentor the youngsters at one of the area's oldest schools in Green Bay. PWA members guided students and worked with them on improving their reading and arithmetic skills at the at-risk school. |
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